Udonis Haslem: 'LeBron James was the best player on the Heat but the most important player was Chris Bosh'
ClutchPoints: “LeBron [James] was the best player on [the Heat]. The best player on planet earth. But the most important player on our team was Chris Bosh because of the matchups he created.” — Udonis Haslem 👀 (via @theOGsShow) pic.twitter.com/XHf168HlWA
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Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Sunday notes on a Saturday: NBA’s gambling push creating pushback, including one harrowing Heat tale. sun-sentinel.com/2024/03/23/ira… Plus: The Strus factor; play-in reality; the standings chase; Haslem’s push-ups; road warriors; more. – 10:34 AM
Sunday notes on a Saturday: NBA’s gambling push creating pushback, including one harrowing Heat tale. sun-sentinel.com/2024/03/23/ira… Plus: The Strus factor; play-in reality; the standings chase; Haslem’s push-ups; road warriors; more. – 10:34 AM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
LeBron noted that with the rarity of three off days, “Guys didn’t have legs, rhythm was off” citing the turnovers and missed shots … but “We got the job done.”
He noted the second half defense as the key, with Philly scoring only 24 in the 3rd and 18 in the 4th. – 1:19 AM
LeBron noted that with the rarity of three off days, “Guys didn’t have legs, rhythm was off” citing the turnovers and missed shots … but “We got the job done.”
He noted the second half defense as the key, with Philly scoring only 24 in the 3rd and 18 in the 4th. – 1:19 AM
StatMuse @statmuse
Most 20-point games in a player’s 21st season:
49 — LeBron James
3 — Dirk Nowitzki
2 — Vince Carter
👑 pic.twitter.com/OJTdBgqhHw – 1:04 AM
Most 20-point games in a player’s 21st season:
49 — LeBron James
3 — Dirk Nowitzki
2 — Vince Carter
👑 pic.twitter.com/OJTdBgqhHw – 1:04 AM
Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
Final: Lakers 101, Sixers 94
LA improves to 38-32. With GSW (36-33) losing tonight, LA has a 1.5-game lead over the Warriors for the No. 9 seed. AD had 23 points, 19 rebounds and 4 blocks. LeBron had 20/8/6. DLo, Rui and Austin each had 14.
Up next: vs. Indiana on Sunday. – 1:02 AM
Final: Lakers 101, Sixers 94
LA improves to 38-32. With GSW (36-33) losing tonight, LA has a 1.5-game lead over the Warriors for the No. 9 seed. AD had 23 points, 19 rebounds and 4 blocks. LeBron had 20/8/6. DLo, Rui and Austin each had 14.
Up next: vs. Indiana on Sunday. – 1:02 AM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
LeBron’s timely 3 with 2:06 to play in the 4th gives the Lakers a 9-point lead, their largest of the game. – 12:46 AM
LeBron’s timely 3 with 2:06 to play in the 4th gives the Lakers a 9-point lead, their largest of the game. – 12:46 AM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
LAL haven’t been blitzing Maxey tonight, but they just did out of a time out, and it worked, forcing an air ball (Harris rushed a 3), eventually resulting in a LeBron layup in transition.
Russell then found Davis for a transition layup of his own, and LAL lead 88-83. – 12:40 AM
LAL haven’t been blitzing Maxey tonight, but they just did out of a time out, and it worked, forcing an air ball (Harris rushed a 3), eventually resulting in a LeBron layup in transition.
Russell then found Davis for a transition layup of his own, and LAL lead 88-83. – 12:40 AM
Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
Third quarter: Sixers 76, Lakers 75
Anthony Davis has 14 points and 13 rebounds. DLo has 14 points. Rui Hachimura has 14 points. LeBron has 9 points (3-9 FGs), 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 6 turnovers. Spencer Dinwiddie has his high as a Laker with 11 points. He’s hit three big 3s. – 12:22 AM
Third quarter: Sixers 76, Lakers 75
Anthony Davis has 14 points and 13 rebounds. DLo has 14 points. Rui Hachimura has 14 points. LeBron has 9 points (3-9 FGs), 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 6 turnovers. Spencer Dinwiddie has his high as a Laker with 11 points. He’s hit three big 3s. – 12:22 AM
Allen Sliwa @AllenSliwa
Sloppy 1st half, already 10 turnovers (LeBron with 4). Careless passes – 11:41 PM
Sloppy 1st half, already 10 turnovers (LeBron with 4). Careless passes – 11:41 PM
Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
Halftime: Sixers 52, Lakers 50
Rui Hachimura has 13 points. AD has 9 points and 11 rebounds. LeBron has 7 points. DLo has 11 points. LA has looked a combination of rusty and disorganized tonight. They’ve been sloppy with the ball (10 turnovers leading to 13 Philly points). – 11:41 PM
Halftime: Sixers 52, Lakers 50
Rui Hachimura has 13 points. AD has 9 points and 11 rebounds. LeBron has 7 points. DLo has 11 points. LA has looked a combination of rusty and disorganized tonight. They’ve been sloppy with the ball (10 turnovers leading to 13 Philly points). – 11:41 PM
Gina Mizell @ginamizell
Halftime: Sixers 52, Lakers 50 after nasty dunks by LeBron and Oubre to end the quarter. Both teams are shooting under 40 percent from the floor. Oubre has 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. Harris with 12 points on 5-of-12 shooting and 7 boards in his return from injury. – 11:40 PM
Halftime: Sixers 52, Lakers 50 after nasty dunks by LeBron and Oubre to end the quarter. Both teams are shooting under 40 percent from the floor. Oubre has 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. Harris with 12 points on 5-of-12 shooting and 7 boards in his return from injury. – 11:40 PM
Kyle Neubeck @KyleNeubeck
Sixers on the fortunate end of a LeBron disaster half, no idea what he is doing.
(He will inevitably take over in the second half) – 11:36 PM
Sixers on the fortunate end of a LeBron disaster half, no idea what he is doing.
(He will inevitably take over in the second half) – 11:36 PM
Gina Mizell @ginamizell
Lakers 24, Sixers 23 at the end of the first. Both teams are shooting under 40 percent from the floor. Oubre with 7 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Anthony Davis with 7 points and 9 rebounds. LeBron did not score on 0-of-2 shooting. – 11:05 PM
Lakers 24, Sixers 23 at the end of the first. Both teams are shooting under 40 percent from the floor. Oubre with 7 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Anthony Davis with 7 points and 9 rebounds. LeBron did not score on 0-of-2 shooting. – 11:05 PM
Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
Ep. 6 of Buha’s Block: @Herring_NBA joins to talk Lakers
— Play-In path and playoff outlook
— LeBron & AD as a duo in 2024
— Best team-building strategy this summer and more
YouTube: youtu.be/SyQeWoSraOU
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1gidXw…
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-… pic.twitter.com/H054mOGDxg – 4:42 PM
Ep. 6 of Buha’s Block: @Herring_NBA joins to talk Lakers
— Play-In path and playoff outlook
— LeBron & AD as a duo in 2024
— Best team-building strategy this summer and more
YouTube: youtu.be/SyQeWoSraOU
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1gidXw…
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-… pic.twitter.com/H054mOGDxg – 4:42 PM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
MIKE JAMES DOING IT LIKE LEBRON JAMES
#EuroLeague
pic.twitter.com/n9W3LSlX96 – 3:42 PM
MIKE JAMES DOING IT LIKE LEBRON JAMES
#EuroLeaguepic.twitter.com/n9W3LSlX96 – 3:42 PM
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NBA Central: Norris Cole agrees that Chris Bosh was more important than LeBron James “Nobody is Bron, but D-Wade can put on a clinic and put 35….for a couple series if we needed him too. If CB was out for too long, we had nobody else like him.” (@GilsArenaShow) pic.twitter.com/mUtFJkCFx3 -via Twitter @TheNBACentral / March 7, 2024
Udonis Haslem spent 20 seasons wearing a Miami Heat jersey. Now, his jersey will forever hang from the rafters in the Heat’s home arena. During a halftime ceremony in the middle of Friday night’s game between the Heat and Atlanta Hawks at Kaseya Center, Haslem’s No. 40 jersey was retired by the organization. Haslem, 43, became the sixth Heat player to have his jersey retired, joining Alonzo Mourning, Tim Hardaway, Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade. “Look at the list of the guys I’m sitting with,” Haslem said, referring to the first five Heat players who had their jerseys retired and are already in the Basketball Hall of Fame. “That’s what’s huge to me. That’s what makes me feel so amazing is the core group of guys that I’m sitting with. Pat Riley ain’t just putting anybody up there. The Arisons ain’t just OK’ing anybody to go up in those rafters.” -via Miami Herald / January 20, 2024
However, he also pointed out the good things he got from there. “I spent three years there. I experienced all kinds of good things, a great school and a lesson for the future. I’ve been fortunate to have teammates who are future Hall of Famers [LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, or Kevin Love] and to get to play in the Finals”, he added. “As far as basketball goes, it’s a different dimension than Europe is miles away from the NBA in terms of organization and it’s unlikely that they will ever catch up in that regard”. -via EuroHoops.net / March 23, 2024
After the Pacers, the Lakers play Milwaukee, Memphis, Indiana (again), Brooklyn, Toronto and Washington on the road. The games with the Grizzlies and the Wizards will be on the second nights of back-to-backs. It’s an opportunity for the Lakers to make up ground in the playoff race — all the teams other than the Pacers and the Bucks are out of the playoff picture. “At the end of the day, we’re not really focused on seeding,” James said. “We’re just focused on what we can control. We can’t control the seedings if other teams are playing too well still. What you can control is go out and play and try to win as many games as you can and see where you land.” -via Los Angeles Times / March 23, 2024
Speaking to Udonis Haslem and Mike Miller, who also had successful NBA careers, Wall tells The OGs podcast hosts that he would “1,000 percent” be open to joining the Heat. “I talk about it all the time,” Wall says, as Haslem relays that he has had these multiple discussions with the 33-year-old about that very topic. -via Give Me Sport / March 13, 2024
Do you feel like every team should have their own Udonis Haslem on their team? LS: Yes. At least two or three veterans, that can actually still play, but any veterans that can help the guys. Show them how to play defense, how to move off the court. There’s a lot of situations off the court that guys don’t even know that be hitting them, and they don’t got nobody to talk to. You be in the locker room and just having so much talks about life situations, and it’s always good to have a veteran over there. Air hustling like, “Nah, don’t do it that way young fella, do it this way.” -via HoopsHype / February 25, 2024